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Oct. 18, 2017 / Gordon Price

Supply as a Solution? The Answer is Yes

Alan Durning of the Sightline Institute maintains that more housing supply is the solution to housing affordability. Lots of housing.  …
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Oct. 18, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Google 's Sidewalk Lab Chosen for Toronto's Quayside Development

As reported in the Toronto Star a federal-provincial-city agency overseeing Toronto’s Quayside 12 acre  project site  announced that Sidewalk Labs a sister…
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Oct. 18, 2017 / Gordon Price

What is the simple answer to this question?

Can UDI or NPA or REIBC or any other advocate of more supply, supply, supply answer this question in a…
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Oct. 11, 2017 / Scot Bathgate

Daily Scot – Westside Infill

Continuing on the small scale infill theme (see previous posts in the series here and here) we travel to the…
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Oct. 10, 2017 / Scot Bathgate

Daily Scot – Eastside Infill

I came across these interesting small scale infill projects while walking to a friends house in East Van a few…
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Oct. 10, 2017 / Ken Ohrn

Re-Zoning: A Hot Button's Heat Source

Within the by-election’s campaign yak-o-sphere, large-scale re-zoning gets a lot of air time.  Here are two thoughts on the expected…
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Oct. 06, 2017 / Ken Ohrn

About That Rezoning . . .

A call to action by Abundant Housing Vancouver, which popped up in my e-mail (I know, so primitive, and not…
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Oct. 05, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Trying to Stop Condo Flipping at One Burrard Place Vancouver

One Vancouver developer is dealing directly with the problem of condo buyers who purchase condos prior to occupancy, and then…
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Oct. 05, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

You can Strata that Laneway House~And Other Zoning Changes in Vancouver

There are some big changes coming  to Vancouver zoning as reported   in Metro News. You can read through the reports on changes…
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Oct. 05, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

"It's Not Rocket Science, It's Political"~Jennifer Keesmaat teaching @ U of Toronto

In what will surely be a well subscribed course, the University of Toronto has announced that  Jennifer Keesmaat will be teaching in…
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Oct. 03, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Andy Yan, Aging and the Future of Seniors in Metro Vancouver

  Daphne Bramham of the Vancouver Sun has taken a look at the census poverty figures that Andy Yan, Director of…
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Oct. 02, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Low Income Households on the Rise in Metro Vancouver

Aiken Lao image In a review of just released Statistics Canada data, Andy Yan, director of  the City Program at…
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Sep. 29, 2017 / Gordon Price

Ralph Segal on Densifying RS-1- revisited

Worth bring forward: Ralph Segal’s comment on “Special Density – A Vision“: I’ll look forward to seeing (Vision Vancouver candidate)…
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Sep. 29, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Musqueam First Nation Builds "Lelem"

As reported in the Vancouver Courier the Musqueam First Nation is going ahead with the development of 21 acres of  land they…

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